to ponder and research

i listened to the radio for the first time in a long while tonight on the drive home from the bookstore and heard the state of pop music today. it's sad. i know the love on this site for gwen stefani, but how dull must her life be today to have turned "spiderwebs" and "just a girl" into that yodelling song? have you listened to the lyrics? and immediately after that came fergie (a.k.a., croc lady) with "my humps." c'mon. i'm not even looking to serious singer-songwriter types as comparisons, but it seems that even the flaky pop of yesteryear had some notion that we had more important things to consider than "my lovely lady bumps."

i'm going to think on this. and look up pop song lyrics from the '80s and '90s for contrast with today's top-40 stuff. especially from the ladies.

feel free to assist or rebut.